the fighting continued well after afghan president hamid karzai declared the situation under control. taliban militants, it's estimated to be about 12 of them, stormed multiple government buildings, including the ministry of justice, the ministry of finance, and the fight be continued into a shopping mall, into a movie theater, and as you said, this is a well coordinated, very well organized attack. just about an hour or so after the first shots were fired, an ambulance pulled into a police checkpoint, presumably to bring aid to, help those who had been injured but it ended up being taliban fighters who detonated a bomb and killed at least one person at that checkpoint. in total today, five people were killed and more than 40 were injured, but considering the scale of the size of this attack that went over multiple miles, most of downtown kabul, the loss of life was relatively small, but still, a very deadly and sad day here in kabul. gregg: connor, these incidents in kabul are happening more and more. what kind of impact with they -- are they having? >> a devastating impact, particul